Science expectancy, value, and cost profiles and their proximal and distal relations to undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and math persistence

Science Education

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2019, Pages 264-286

  Perez, Tony ^a   Wormington, Stephanie V ^b   Barger, Michael M ^c   Schwartz Bloom, Rochelle D ^d   Lee, You kyung ^e   Linnenbrink Garcia, Lisa ^e  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

expectancy value theory; latent profile analysis; perceived costs; science motivation; STEM persistence

Indexed keywords

EID: 85060331495     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: 1098237X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sce.21490     Document Type: Article

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